Murder & Mayhem Aboard The Ship

[Tami]

<r><r><r>I don't know about the rest of you, but this sounds like it's going to be a hellishly fun game to play. Some screenshots follow the article.<br/><br/>

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FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR MINDSCAPE MURDER MAYHEM<br/><br/>

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MINDSCAPE ANNOUNCES THE SHIP FOR PC RELEASE IN SEPTEMBER 2006<br/><br/>

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Mindscape today announced the September PC launch of The Ship, a first person maritime gaming experience set aboard a fleet of 1930s steam liners.<br/><br/>

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The Ship originally began life as a Half Life Mod and is now being crafted as a full single and multiplayer game in its own right by Edinburgh-based Outerlight, a talented and experienced team of coders and artists.<br/><br/>

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Blending traditional first and third person gameplay with a Sims-style day-to-day needs system - including food, sleep and social interaction - The Ship offers exploration, investigation, survival, stealth, intrigue and murder across beautifully crafted decking and highly-polished interactive environments.<br/><br/>

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On the Poop Deck, The Ship proudly boasts a number of modes of gameplay including Arcade Mode offline and Hunt, Elimination, Deathmatch and Duel, all online.<br/><br/>

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The Ship's gameplay revolves around 'the Hunt'. The rules of the Hunt are simple. Each player is given the name of one of the other contestants on-board and must hunt them down and kill them with any weapon they can find. Depending on the game mode, either the last hunter alive is the winner or the one with the most money in their bank account wins.<br/><br/>

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To be successful in the Hunt players will need to know their way around all of the liners in the fleet. Each Ship has its own secrets, including hidden rooms, passages and tunnels, extra weapons in special locations, environmental traps and triggers and 'extra special' ways of murdering.<br/><br/>

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Down in steerage, The Ship is propelled by Valve's mighty Half Life 2 Source Engine, ensuring a smooth-running passage through first and third person action adventure, navigating alongside role-playing elements.<br/><br/>

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<B><s><B><s><B><s></s></s></s>On The Ship, you either kill or be killed.<e><e><e></e></B></e></B></e></B> <bwahaha, I like that part <img src=\'<URL url="<URL url=" text=" ... <LINK_TEXT">> text="<URL url="> ... iggrin.gif"><URL url=" text=" ... TEXT></URL">>>\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' /><br/><br/>

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Keep an eye on the horizon, as The Ship will be published for PC by Mindscape in September.<br/><br/>

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The Ship will also be demonstrated by Outerlight at E3, Los Angeles, from 10th to 12th May, on stand 2400 in the West Hall.<br/><br/>

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[Vercz]

wow... that sounds awesome <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... iggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' />

*wants a copy*

[Lee]

The Half Life mod of The Ship wasn't really good (my opinion) but it was fun sneaking around and also just killing people. I'm sure there will be some newn features on it and I want to try this version (instead of the Half-Life version).